A chilli processing unit in Khammam's chilli tract — graded dry chilli, powder, paste and oleoresin — selling to spice brands, food manufacturers and exporters who need consistent, colour-graded, low-pesticide chilli inputs.
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This drops the temple-tourism-plus-tribal-craft mashup for the district's largest, most bankable commodity. Khammam's chilli and cotton tract produces serious volumes of dry chilli that mostly leave as raw, ungraded produce. The unit captures the raw-dried-to-powder-paste-and-oleoresin gap: colour-grading and cleaning, hygienic powder and paste production, and — at the higher end — solvent or supercritical oleoresin extraction for food-colour and flavour buyers. The district's existing ginning and rice milling base means agro-processing labour, sheds and power are already present.
Buyers are branded-spice packers, processed-food manufacturers, and chilli/oleoresin exporters who pay for ASTA colour value, capsaicin consistency and low pesticide residue. What it takes: FSSAI and export-grade hygiene, residue and aflatoxin testing, colour-grading capability, and — for oleoresin — meaningful technical and safety know-how. Honest risk: oleoresin is capital- and compliance-heavy, so a phased start (grading and powder first) is prudent. PMFME-style food-processing support and tourism-subsidy reallocation aside, the kept schemes fund the build.
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